This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story discusses Project Fast Tracking Part II, MS Project Tips, presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. To make the most of fast-tracking, look at the longest tasks on the critical path first. These provide the largest potential decrease in duration with the fewest number of risks to manage. Also, by fast-tracking only a few long tasks, you also have fewer revisions to make in the schedule. Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 makes it easy to find your most likely fast-tracking candidates.

The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo shares a few lessons learned from the dinner table. Face the things you don’t like or enjoy straight away. Put them past you as fast as you can. They almost always will be more of a problem and less enjoyable later.

The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question regarding tips for both justifying the PMO and becoming the PMO manager.